BobBlast 419 - "Watercolor Techniques for a Mostly Acrylic Painter"

[@Kennie2Times]

Bob, In my opinion, your bring more value to the art world than any other channel on youtube! your enthusiasm and passion for painting as well as your attitude about making mistakes and breaking the "rules" are just so infectious! Thank you for your vast contribution to the art community!!!

[@RobertBurridge]

Wow - thank you Kenny. I appreciate your very kind words.

[@RobertBurridge]

Kennie - sorry about the mispelling...

[@Kennie2Times]

@@RobertBurridge Not a problem at all! Keeping doing what you do and we will all keep loving every second of it! In a world so full of uncertainty and chaos and greed....what a great treat your channel brings to us all!

[@NavyAssassinOnBLAST]

💯

[@RobertBurridgeBobBlast]

@@Kennie2Times thank you

[@bluewren65]

Think outside the box and our art materials are capable of so much more than we think they are. Wonderful!

[@Silverbirchtree]

You were lovely to watch your painting style is so liberating:)

[@NavyAssassinOnBLAST]

Love Bobs BLASTS 📣 ❤🎨 😊 Love the old school repurposed ice cube tray! Brilliant idea 💡 😊

[@scleo1959]

Awe, you have some paint on your upper lip!😊 Love all your teachings and your paintings are beautiful!!

[@peggykelbel5336]

Your point about the first layer not lifting when the second layer is applied is a key advantage of acrylic over watercolor. I have not watered down acrylics to see which ones have a transparent quality. This tip is a true gift just at the right time as I have a bunch of first layer starts. Thank you Bob!❤️🎶❤️

[@RobertBurridge]

Have fun with it! Holbein has dots on the label to tell if the paint is transparent or opaque.

[@louiserostas5416]

Thank you Bob a great lesson as always. And you seem so relaxed while painting! You are an inspiration!

[@leigh-annh2544]

Thank you Bob! You inspire me. I am learning to be less afraid to mess up…and that is invaluable.

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you!

[@ellenvd5543]

Thanks very much Bob for always sharing your videos, every week I am looking forward to it! Much appreciated!

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you!

[@ZarpeParadise]

Thank you Bob for this fun exploration using acrylic like watercolor! 💖💕

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you!

[@gregheaney4034]

You’re a champion Bob. You’ve taught me so much. If ever you come to Australia make sure you let us know👍

[@joannamccraney3148]

Love learning to do fruit, please do more! What a great concept, adding water. Excellent teacher

[@RobertBurridge]

Thanks Joanna - Glad you are enjoying the BobBlasts!

[@adventurebound2923]

youve been my favorite artist to watch for a few years now. ive always been a very detailed artist but ive always wanted to paint more freely like you do, its not easy to let go and make a mess and like you say, loosen up! im working on it and enjoying the exploration. thank you for your happiness and encouragement.

[@RobertBurridge]

Have fun - don't worry about the end result! Just go in with an exploration attitude!

[@johnkitching6293]

Bob. Fantastic video I adore your loose way you work. And looks like so much fun

[@RobertBurridge]

Thanks John! It IS fun!

[@shushu7574]

Wonderful idea!

[@jenfleming9384]

Absolutely beautiful Bob. Great teaching vid. Thanks so much. Can’t wait to get out and try it.

[@paulsheldon9510]

Beautiful as always! Two pears at once! Absolute genius!

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you Paul! I appreciated your email too. Very kind.

[@luvurobert]

Love the alcohol spray technique! Will have to try that one. Thanks, Bob!

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you!

[@ginawood5991]

Thank you so much Bob! I am teaching this at a women’s shelter.

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you for teaching, Gina.

[@VP47212]

WOW your great 👍 you really helped me with watercolor 😊

[@moch.abdulraufkristanto1268]

I like very much your weekly painting content uncle Bob... Always embolden me to keep drawing and keep painting... Thank you for the video.

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you!

[@majrminer]

Dude I like this guy! Bob you're great man. Thank you for sharing your expertise for us newbies. I've only seen a couple of your videos, but love em. New subscriber. Quality over quantity!!

[@RobertBurridge]

Thanks! Glad you are enjoying the BobBlasts!

[@majrminer]

​@@RobertBurridge looking forward to going through your video library here. Quick question... I can watercolor and understand the concepts, but I want to let go of the control. That's why I'm looking at acrylic as watercolor too. Any quick tips to let go of that control? Beginner-intermediate experience with watercolor. Looking for more expression. Thanks!

[@RobertBurridge]

@@majrminer Practice practice practice! Whenever one of my students show me a painting that they are happy with - I tell them to do it 99 more times. One of my teachers in Art College told me that!

[@chayapellin8992]

Wonderful uplifting....big fan ❤

[@esraazarafty8870]

Your style is really unique and crazy pretty ⚜ i'm from egypt and i hope to see your paintings in reality

[@DarrenPeet]

Always inspiring and uplifting, thank you.

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you!

[@heathernash1278]

Mind. Blown. Thank you 💜

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you!

[@lesleybthedapperkiwi]

Thank you for sharing - I’m switching between watercolour and acrylic at the moment - ‘love to paint’👏👏👌

[@RobertBurridge]

Perfect!

[@andreaharley4047]

Thankyou my favourite artist. Love you and your art work.🙂

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you!

[@iwonder-t1r]

Mind blown! Awesome!

[@bobburridge4696]

Thank you!

[@Theclarabelle1]

Thank you so much Bob! GREAT TUTORIAL!!!!

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you!

[@belloahmed4219]

Awesome! Thanks

[@georgekatzenberger2144]

It’s in older but you are still one of my favs

[@franciscocastro7916]

Love your videos. Greetings from Madrid,Spain.

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you!

[@dianetullio.art.]

Thank you for this!

[@adrianaalmanza]

Great video thank you sir !!

[@victoria-mennaperez2230]

Thanks for sharing this loosening-up technique. I wonder if this would work well on stretched canvas? I don't see why not.

[@RobertBurridge]

Should absolutely work on a stretched canvas! Thanks for writing.

[@chrissy1310]

Hello sir! I just had a painting that looked so dull to me. It needed something. So I made a real thin wash of yellow and put it all over everything, even some of the sky. Beautiful! I also wanted to see if Elmers glue would make a tree crackle, like it does when painting wood, but it did nothing. I covered the whole canvas with it, why not crackle everything LOL What did happen, was I had a barrier between the original painting and the new colors. Pretty cool! I am wondering if that is a thing that is taught? Love the colors you were using and the alcohol trick! Thank you! Hello from Vermont

[@bobburridge4696]

Hi Chrissy - Thanks for your message. I don't do this technique you have described - so I am not a good person to ask!

[@farkhondeh57]

🙏 ❤️

[@ZadenZane]

I've got Holbein and Turner acrylic gouaches (wouldn't bother with ordinary gouache) they're lovely paints but there's far too many nonlightfast colours in both brands. For example orange PO13 (normally only found in bargain brands and craft paints) instead of far more permanent (but expensive) PO73. If they're going to charge professional prices they should use professional grade materials, too! The excuse that gouaches are mostly for pictures you're going to photograph doesn't cut it with me. If I wanted no original or a disposable original I'd create art digitally, or use something way cheaper than Holbein Acrylic Gouache!

[@angie9430]

Bob did you say what paper type you used ... the results are fabulous, thank you ! 😊

[@RobertBurridge]

I think I used Fabriano Studio Watercolor Paper Pad - 140 CP

[@ClaytonFTW]

Are you using the arylic-guasch?? Thanks!

[@RobertBurridge]

In this video I mainly used watercolor - and I added white acrylic, making the watercolor opaque.

[@MarySchiros]

Did you start the demo with actual watercolor paint then add acrylic to it? Just want to understand a little bit better. Thanks the demos are beautiful.

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you - the first demo was all watercolor

[@Collageartist69]

I like the fact that you are from my hometown. Harrisburg, Pa. What High School did you go to?

[@RobertBurridge]

McDevitt. Then I got my degree from the Philadelphia College of Art - now known as the University of the Arts.

[@rnkim2564]

I always addressed acrylics like watercolors because I had a strong foundation in WC. I just naturally wanted to see and build transparent layers to describe surface and depth. I'm not sure I ever have a totally opaque painting. it sure adds alot of depth and nuance that you can get in no other way as colors optically blend and intermix. I do this with gessoed canvas, hardly ever just paper... so if you need to thin with airbrush medium or just watered down gloss or matte gel then do it so you don't risk thinning binder too much and peeling and you can get beautiful jewel effects with less expensive paints. the beauty of it is, unlike WC which is quite unforgiving, if I dont like an area, I paint over which white or some base color and I repaint... not that hard to create seem less Fix,s

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you for your thoughts!

[@kymberlydawn1445]

What it the paper you are using? Watercolor?

[@RobertBurridge]

Yes - Watercolor Paper. I use watercolor paper for acrylics and watercolor.

[@avaangel433]

Is Bob ok? I ask out of sincere concern. He seems off. I hope all is well.

[@Heidi.M]

Pretty sure he’s doing more than okay in this episode!

[@fiddler1252]

I thought so too. Hope that all is well, Bob.

[@davidrodrigues2300]

I've also noticed this in some recent videos as well.

[@andreaharley4047]

I have thought the same i dearly hope he is well and okay.x

[@RobertBurridgeBobBlast]

@@andreaharley4047 thank you. Some days are better than others .. I’m doing great everyday.

[@nurani8407]

😍

[@dawnarobertson9577]

I think an artist wanting archival work would be better off adding clear, acrylic binder/ high flow acrylic medium, rather than water. What paper are you using? I would think it would buckle and deteriorate with all that water.

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you for your comments Dawna. I normally use 300 lb watercolor paper - Fabriano or Kilimanjaro.

[@debraterry7141]

I thought you couldn't add too much water to acrylic or you would have trouble with adhesion

[@RobertBurridge]

Hi Debra - I did address this in the video. The paint that I use - Holbein Artist Acrylic Paint - has a great deal of pigment. The professional brands don't fall apart like the student grade paints.

[@joelhenry4643]

Has he been drinking?

[@s.k.1091]

Wondered myself if there was some pre video fun in the studio on this one

[@barbararivera2380]